When you’re a kid, you notice things your older relatives use and wonder why in the world they’d need that. I remember a book that described a wooden mixing bowl passed down for generations, in temporary possession of whichever grandmother helped in the kitchen at any particular time. When older, weakened hands let the bowl [...]
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Stuff for Old People Like Us
Posted in "Growing up", Family, Health, Just Life (or "Idiot File for the Unknown", Retirement on April 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Old Lady Neck
Posted in "Growing up", Health on April 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Whoever penned the now ubiquitous bumper sticker/sign/post-it note header “Old Age Isn’t for Sissies” wasn’t kidding. I’ve dealt with the realities of slower healing, the waking sore and stiff thing. I understand that it’s harder to maintain a thin, youthful figure in later years. Giving up stiletto heels wasn’t all that difficult, and putting away [...]
Personal Quest for the Best
Posted in Education, Fashion, Health, Just Life (or "Idiot File for the Unknown", Shopping on December 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Have you noticed supermarkets making more room for store brands and pushing old favorites into smaller spaces? Some have disappeared altogether. I went searching for Q-tips. The small area allotted was empty, but there were loads of the store brand. If you‘ve ever had a little piece of cotton stick in your ear from an [...]
When it Rains, it Pours
Posted in "Growing up", Health, Kvetching and Whining on December 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Whine, whine, whine. I’ve been a minor mess lately. Perhaps my age is catching up with me. Zack has this rule that when we’re with other people we are NOT allowed to discuss our ailments. So I hate to be one of those folks who says, “I was fine until I hit age ____, and [...]
Magical Age
Posted in "Growing up", Health, Just Life (or "Idiot File for the Unknown", Kvetching and Whining on November 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Whine, whine, whine. I’ve been a minor mess lately. Perhaps my age is catching up with me. Zack has this rule that when we’re with other people we are NOT allowed to discuss our ailments. So I hate to be one of those folks who says, “I was fine until I hit age ____, and [...]
Farsightedness and Skinks
Posted in "Growing up", Health, Outdoors, Pets/ Animals on November 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Some of us need glasses almost from birth. Others require visual assistance as we go along. Perhaps we must correct nearsighted vision for school or driving. In later years we might need help with reading/ close work (farsightedness). I’ve experienced a slow change in vision that can also surprise you any age like an unexpected [...]
Spending Time
Posted in "Growing up", For the "girls", Health, Just Life (or "Idiot File for the Unknown", Kvetching and Whining, Ranching/Farming/Rural Concerns on April 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Periodically, I have an “aha moment” when something becomes so crystal clear that I wonder why it never occurred to me before. My revelation might not be stellar, and perhaps not even correct. But for that moment, I feel I’ve fallen upon a great truth. I’m wondering if this has to do with my particular [...]
Drug Warning
Posted in Education, Health on March 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s another public service message from yours truly. (You’re welcome). There’s plenty on the news about the abuse of illegal drugs. But there’s a more seemingly benign form of drug abuse, possibly more insidious, often unintentional, and totally legal. I know you’ve heard it before, but it bears repeating: each of us needs to police [...]
Alarming!!!
Posted in "Growing up", Children, cooking/food, Family, Health, Just Life (or "Idiot File for the Unknown" on March 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It isn’t that I don’t like MORNING. I love it! The problem’s being awake for it. There are owls, and there are larks. The challenges arise when, within a couple, there exist one of each. All my life, I suffered an early, hated interruption of sleep. There’s a reason the morning wake-up is called an [...]
